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How To Make Freemium Customers Generate Revenue For Your Startup

InfoChachkie

Thus, we became one of the first ASP (aka SaaS) companies, by selling subscriptions of our screen sharing technology to customer service departments – the same market segment which had adopted BuddyHelp. We then sorted these email addresses by company and initiated targeted sales campaigns wherever we identified a critical mass of users.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? Why do I need yours? Why do I need it now?"

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. "Keep it Simple" - My Golden Rule Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bi. Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I always tell sales reps that were not there to talk about -our- business, were there to talk about -their- business.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. It turned out to be a catapult for the company, and sales have been booming since then. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible? Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. L90 (Startup 3.0) , my third company, was the "premium advertising network". Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Within weeks, we shortened our sales cycle. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Zondigo, Inc.

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